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Entries Tagged as 'Sarah Palin'

Palin, cont.

July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics

So the word leaking out is that Palin was tired of her contentious relationship with the Alaska legislature, and wants to spend time working on her book and travel the country talking about family values or hockey or whatever the hell she purports to be qualified to speak on. Conflicting reports on whether she’s ruled [...]

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I Need To Write Faster

July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics

Just as I was leisurely working my way through a post about the recent Vanity Fair piece on Sarah Palin, her electoral prospects for 2012, and the general craziness of McCain’s selection of her, she has to go and surprise everyone by resigning, ruining the whole thing. My entirely speculative prediction: multi-million dollar deal with [...]

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A Bridge to the 19th Century

June 30th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics

With Mark Sanford crying in Argentina and Sarah Palin further revealing herself to be rather mad, the Republican party needs a new savior to lead them against the horror of Obama. After the thrashing Republicans received in November, led by record turnout by, and wide Democratic margins among, women and minorities, there’s been a lot [...]

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In Which I Call Myself a Horrible Person

June 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments · AR, Arts and Entertainment, Politics

Generally, only good things come from David Letterman entering the political fray. See, eg., his takedown of Bill O’Reilly on Iraq, his skewering of John McCain, and his ongoing humiliation of George Bush and Dick Cheney. So I really wish I could be fully on Letterman’s side in his feud with Sarah Palin. Letterman is [...]

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